EC1017 Set-Up Maker - McEwen, TN - 1st Shift - 6:00am -2:30pm- M-F

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares and performs set-up for a variety of production machines
• Conducts regular checks for quality
• Performs minor machine maintenance repairs
• Performs tooling maintenance repairs
• Reads blueprints and copies prototypes for making set-ups
• May perform repairs on previously manufactured products and/or make prototypes
• Uses knowledge of machine capacities and abilities for set-up responsibilities
• May be required to program computerized numerical control equipment
• Instructs machine operators on proper operation and use of machinery
• Keeps work area clean and orderly
• Responsible for conducting all work in a safe manner following established safety procedures
• Performs other duties as assigned
• May participate on project teams as requested

Qualifications

Education/Experience Required: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills and Knowledge

• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations to customers and other employees.
• Math Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Other Skills: Ability to operate forklift. Ability to accurately read blueprints, tape measures, micrometers, and other measuring devices.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to talk, hear, stand, walk, or move and use repetitive foot action
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Lifting Frequency: Heavy lifting 50 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects with average weight of 25 lbs.
• Vision: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Repetitive Hand Action: Firm grasping - the ability to exert sufficient grip to pick-up a case of 12 oz. soft drinks or to pick-up a bowling ball. Requires approximate grip strength of 45-60 lbs. on a hand dynamometer.
• Fine Manipulation of Hands/Fingers: Sufficient coordination to place and screw a small washer on a bolt, to pick-up clips from a desktop or pick-up a dime off a counter top. Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms.

Work Environment

• Frequently works near and/or with moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration
• The noise level is usually loud
• Required to stand on concrete floors for an extended period of time
• May be subject to extreme temperatures as plant production areas are not air conditioned